SOPHIA BRAHE

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SOPHIA BRAHE

• By Joanna Ioakim
• Constantina Zakou
• Marilena Adamidou
• Anna Kiteou

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CHILDHOOD

• She was born in Knudstrup to Otte Brahe and Beate
  Bille Brahe .She was the little (10 years
  younger) sister of Tycho Brahe and assisted him
  with his astronomical observations that became
  the basis for modern planetary orbit predictions.
  

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FAMILY LIFE

• Brahe married Beate Bille in 1544. Both the
  Brahes and the Billes were among the most
  powerful noble families in Denmark during their
  lives. Both families owned farms, forests, and
  land as well as very nice homes in several Danish
  cities including Copenhagen. Both families
  controlled many fiefs. Together they built a
  brick castle at Knudstrup that was completed in
  1550. Their first child was a daughter, Lizbeth.
  This was followed by twin boys on December 14
  1546. However, one of the twins died before being
  baptized and named. The other was named Tyge
  (after Brahe's father). It is for their son Tyge
  that Brahe is best known as he became a famous
  astronomer and took on the name Tycho Brahe as a
  teenager. Strangely, their son Tyge was kidnapped
  by Brahe's older brother, Jørgen, in 1548. Tycho
  later wrote "without the knowledge of my parents
  Jørgen took me away with him while I was in my
  earliest youth. He supported me generously during
  his lifetime." While Jørgen took Tyge without
  their permission, it does not appear that Brahe
  and his wife did much to get him returned.
  Together, they had twelve children, eight of
  which survived childhood including daughter
  Sophia Brahe.

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HER LIFE

• Sophie Brahe shared strong interests in the
  culture of science and interacted closely, but
  the gendered pattern of late sixteenth-century
  elite education forced their scientific pursuits
  into different molds. Sophie's scientific culture
  was transmitted to a new generation of learned
  aristocrats, whereas his moved beyond
  aristocratic circles to find its place in
  academic and other institutional contexts.

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BROTHERS HELP

• Sixteenth century Danish astronomer Sophia Brahe
  started out as her brothers assistant. Kepler
  compiled a catalog of the Brahes planetary
  measurements, which was considered to be the most
  accurate set of uniform data on the positions of
  the planets relative to the reference background
  of stars as a function of time. As Tycho
  surrounded himself with knowledgeable scientists,
  Sophia benefited, learning all she could and
  contributing knowledge that had a lasting impact
  on modern astronomy.  

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SOPHIAS INVENTION

• Conjunctions
• Opposites and Squares
• Trines and Sextiles
• Semi-Squares and Sesqui-Quadrates
• Semi-Sextiles, Quintiles and Bi-QuintilesInconjun
  ctions

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CONCLUSION

• Sophia Brahe was a famous scientist. She made her
  own career as an horticulturalist, healer
  ,historian and astronomer.
• We think she helped a lot in science because she
  invented important things such as the zodiac
  circle.